Cigarette and the like.



R. E. BRINTON.

ClGARETTE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION mg!) MAR. 19, 1915.

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ROBERT E. BRINTON, OF WEST HAMPSTEAD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

CIGARETTE AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 19, 1915.

T 0 all wiwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT Euro BRIN- roix', a subject of His l\lajestythe King of England, residing at West Hampstead, in the county ofLondon, Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or Connected with Cigarettes and the like, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in or connected with cigarettes,cigars, cheroots and similar articles.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a cigarette, cigar,cheroot or similar article with improved and inexpensive means wherebythe tobacco thereof is prevented from entering the mouth of the smoker,and the use of a separate holder is unnecessary.

Another object of the invention is to produce' a mouthpiece soconstructed that though it is suiiiciently rigid to prevent itcollapsingwhile the cigarette, cigar, che' root or similar article is being smokedit is still suiiiciently flexible to cause said article to resemble anordinary one. At the same time the mouthpiece does not need to be fixed.with adhesive substance, and does not add to the weight of thecigarette, cigar, cheroot or similar article.

The invention will now be described with. reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in.

which Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of crinkled paper orother material; and Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 a longitudinalsectional elevation respectively of a cigarette or cheroot showing theinvention applied thereto. Fig. 4 is an edge view of a modifiedconstruction of the crinkled paper or other material, and Fig. 5 is also.an edge view showing same ready for insertion into the end of acigarette, cigar, cheroot or similararticle.

According to the invention a short lengtl a of crinkled or corrugatedpaper or other suitable material such as cardboard, fiber, papienmach,is bent around and attached to, inserted in, or formed with one end ofthe cigarette or cheroot b or the cigar or other article, to serve as,or part of, the improved mouthpiece.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the crinkled or corrugated paper or othermaterial a is preferably inclosed within a small tube or ring 0 made ofa separate piece of plain stifi paper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1M5, 1916..

Serial No. 15,514.

or other suitable material, such as cardboard, fiber, papier mach, whichtube or ring is inserted into, formed with, or attached to one end ofthe cigarette or cheroot Z) or the cigar or other article.

If desired, and as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the crinkled member a and thetube or ring 0 may be integral and made of one piece of mater al. Theends of the paper or other material forming the tube or ring 0 need notnecessarily be joined together, but may be overlapped if desired.

lhe crinkled or corrugated member a, which gives a suitable degree offlexibility to the mouthpiece, would allow for the free passage of smokewhile at the same time effectively preventing pieces of tobacco enter-1ng the mouth, and the tube or ring 0 would provide the necessarysup'portfor the end of tllie cigarette, cigar, cheroot or similar artice. parts of the mouth-piece would serve as a filter for the smoke, andprevent the cigarette, cigar, cheroot or similar article being soiled bysaliva.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the UnitedStates is 1. As an article of manufacture, a mouthpiece for cigarettesand the like comprising an inclosing member and an internal mem berformed to provide a relatively large central passage star-shaped incross section and a plurality of outer passages having diverging sidewalls between the walls of the starshaped passage and the walls of theinclosing member, the outer edges of said diverging walls engaging theinterior walls of the inclosing member at substantially equidistantpoints to brace the walls of the inclosing member.

2. As an article of manufacture, a mouthpiece for cigarettes and thelike comprising an inclosing member and an internal member formed toprovide a relatively large central passage star-shaped in cross sectionand a plurality of outer unrestricted passages havlng diverging sidewalls between the walls of the star-shaped passage and the walls of theinclosing member.

3. As an article of manufacture, a mouth piece for cigarettes and thelike comprising a strip of flexible material crinkled intermediate itsends only with the crinkled portion arranged to provide a relativelylarge central passage star-shaped in cross section confined within theend portions of the flexi- If made from absorbent material the ble stripto provide a plurality of openrestrictedouter passages between the Wallsended passages between said central passage of the star-shaped passageand the walls of and the end portions of said strip. the inclosingmember.

4. As an article of manufacture, a mouth- In testimony whereof I havehereunto 5 piece for cigarettes and the like comprising signed thisspecification in the presence of 1 an inclosing member and an internalmember two subscribing Witnesses. formed to support the interior wallsof the ROBERT E. BRINTON. inclosing member and to provide a relativelyWitnesses: 1 7 large central passage star-shaped in cross J. S. WITHERS,

20 section and also to provide a plurality of un FRANK S. BLANEY.

